Chapter 5 Antebellum ArkansasStandards:EA.2.AH.7-8.4; EA.3.AH.78.2; TPS.4AH.7-8.2,4-8Objectives:1. Students will discuss the social and political issues facing Arkansas Territory and State. Including the Trail of Tears and Holocaust.2. Students will examine early statehood and the years preceding the Civil War.3. Students will analyze the experiences surrounding slavery and its growing opposition from government leaders and northern states.

Starter: Read pages 89-99 & Quiz over new ch 5 set!Create a new Quizlet set for Ch 5 and define these terms and make flash cards for the people to know: antebellum, apprentice, rivalry, squatter James Bowie, Henry Conway, William Woodruff, James Miller, John Pope, Robert Crittenden, Dred Scott, Harriet Beecher Stowe, James K. Polk.

Starter: Read pgs 92& 93Answer the question on the Right >>>>>

The Arkansas Gazette

William Woodruff 1795-1885

In 1823, a young New York based journalist, William E. Woodruff, traveled up the Arkansas River. He didn’t bring many personal possessions, but he did manage to transport his portable Ramage printing press. His singular objective was to publish the Arkansas Territory’s first and only newspaper in Little Rock. Even back in 1823, Little Rock Arkansas, (Arkansas was not yet a state at that time) was a place that exuded plenty of opportunity and was also rumored to become the next territorial capital.William E. Woodruff was the founder of the Arkansas Gazette.Read the passage and answer the exit slip!

The Old State House is a historic building in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. It is the oldest surviving state capitol building west of the Mississippi River. The Old State House was commissioned by our 3rd Territorial Governor John Pope and was constructed between 1833 and 1842.

﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿Starter: Dueling in ArkansasRead pages 94 to 97 Answer the question on the right >>>>>>>>>>>>>

​The most famous duel in American history is unquestionably that which occurred between Vice President Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, who greatly influenced the founding of America’s economy and was possibly on track to become President himself. Burr and Hamilton had long been political enemies by the time they met on the field of honor. Hamilton had been instrumental in preventing Burr from winning the Presidency when Burr tied Thomas Jefferson’s vote count, leading to Burr’s eventual appointment as Vice President.The two men met on the field of honor in Weehawken, New Jersey on the morning of July 11, 1804. Interestingly enough, Hamilton’s son had fallen to a mortal blow in a duel at the very same place just two years before. The same guns used in his duel were also used in his father’s.The accounts of precisely what happened are conflicting, but it is generally thought that Hamilton fired first, aiming high and missing Burr completely. Burr then aimed squarely at Hamilton’s torso and returned fire. Hamilton fell, the bullet lodged in his spine, and he died the following morning.Whether Hamilton’s miss was intentional or not is debatable. Hamilton had recorded in a letter the previous night that he intended to purposefully miss Burr in an effort to end the confrontation without bloodshed. Still, other believe that Hamilton so detested Burr that he shared this sentiment simply to paint Burr as the villainous shedder of innocent blood, thus forever besmirching his character.If that truly was his wish, it was certainly granted. Though murder charges were filed against Burr, he was never brought to trial. But the ensuing political fallout undermined Burr’s political clout and brought a swift end to his career.

Classwork: After reading the passage and the textbook pg 95. Create a chart or Venn diagram , in your chapter 5 notes, to compare and contrast the Hamilton/Burr duel and the Crittenden/Conway duel.

Before the end of class Share your ch 5 notes with Mrs. Taylor when finished with the chart!

The term manifest destiny originated in the 1840s. It expressed the belief that it was Americans' providential mission to expand their civilization and institutions across the breadth of North America. This expansion would involve not merely territorial development but the progress of liberty and individual economic opportunity as well.The phrase was first employed by John L. O'Sullivan in an article on the annexation of Texas published in the July-August 1845 edition of the United States Magazine and Democratic Review, which he edited. It was, O'Sullivan claimed, 'our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.' The term and the concept were taken up by those desiring to secure Oregon Territory, California, Mexican land in the Southwest, and, in the 1850s, Cuba.

Classwork: While you watch the video complete the Number it activity and Identify it. After the video research and complete the brainstorm activity!~ Turn your Graphic Organizer to the box.